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• Hundreds of Snakes Released in Myanmar’s Shan State to Fight Rampaging Rodents
• Myanmar President Sends Report on Massacres of Rohingya by Security Forces to Military Chief for More Prosecutions
• Ex-Tanintharyi Region Chief Minister to Face Corruption Charges
• Virgin Mary Statue Destroyed in Myanmar’s Shan State; Ethnic Kayan Accuse Pa-O Militia
• Arakan Army Releases Myanmar MP Held Since November
• China Pledges 4 Billion Yuan in Aid to Myanmar
• President Xi Jinping’s Myanmar Excursion: A Historical View
• China Reports Fourth Death as New Virus Infection Among Humans Confirmed
• Malaysia Ships Plastic Waste Back to France, Britain, Japan
• China’s ‘Mermaid Descendants’ Weave Final Garments From Skin of Fish

Hundreds of Snakes Released in Myanmar’s Shan State to Fight Rampaging Rodents Posted: 21 Jan 2020 07:29 AM PST The government of Shan State is providing villages with nonvenomous snakes to fight an infestation of rats that has wiped out rice crops.

Myanmar President Sends Report on Massacres of Rohingya by Security Forces to Military Chief for More Prosecutions Posted: 21 Jan 2020 06:02 AM PST ICOE report details mass killings of nearly 1,000 people, other atrocities; the President concurs with its recommendations of prosecutions in civilian, military courts.

Ex-Tanintharyi Region Chief Minister to Face Corruption Charges Posted: 21 Jan 2020 05:52 AM PST Former Tanintharyi chief minister Daw Lei Lei Maw and three business chiefs face up to 15 years in jail over corruption claims.

Virgin Mary Statue Destroyed in Myanmar’s Shan State; Ethnic Kayan Accuse Pa-O Militia Posted: 21 Jan 2020 05:43 AM PST Kayan leaders are calling on authorities in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone to act after a statue of the Virgin Mary belonging to a catholic Kayan community was destroyed.

Arakan Army Releases Myanmar MP Held Since November Posted: 21 Jan 2020 04:30 AM PST NLD parliamentarian U Whei Tin has been released by the Arakan Army, which claimed he was spying for Myanmar's army.

China Pledges 4 Billion Yuan in Aid to Myanmar Posted: 21 Jan 2020 01:12 AM PST During his recent visit to Myanmar, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China will give Myanmar over US$580 million in development aid over the next three years.

President Xi Jinping’s Myanmar Excursion: A Historical View Posted: 20 Jan 2020 10:59 PM PST Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit is being hailed as a success, but both sides should be wary of pitfalls in the deepening relationship.

China Reports Fourth Death as New Virus Infection Among Humans Confirmed Posted: 20 Jan 2020 10:19 PM PST A fourth person has died of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus in Wuhan, China; human-to-human transmission has been confirmed.

Malaysia Ships Plastic Waste Back to France, Britain, Japan Posted: 20 Jan 2020 10:16 PM PST Malaysia has sent 150 containers of plastic waste that entered the country illegally back to the US, Britain, France, Japan and a number of other countries.

China’s ‘Mermaid Descendants’ Weave Final Garments From Skin of Fish Posted: 20 Jan 2020 09:58 PM PST To preserve their tradition of making clothes from fish skin, elderly people from the Hezhen ethnic minority in China's northeast are looking outside the community.

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